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Concert Hall Read Previous PLU to present US premiere of St. Matthew Passion as part of larger “Passion Week” event Read Next Pacific Lutheran University Choirs and Orchestra close “Passion Week” with North American premiere LATEST POSTS PLU’s Director of Jazz Studies, Cassio Vianna, receives grant from the City of Tacoma to write and perform genre-bending composition April 18, 2024 PLU Music Announces Inaugural Paul Fritts Endowed Chair in Organ Studies and Performance January 29, 2024 PLU’s

.” Dr. Vianna was invited to give a clinic in the composition/arranging category. Vianna’s clinic, “Brazilian Choro for Jazz Big Band: A Guide for Jazz Composers and Band Directors,” covered an old Brazilian instrumental style that is becoming more popular among American jazz musicians in recent years. Due to a lack of quality material for jazz big band in the style, Vianna shared his experience writing his own arrangements and helping students learn this exciting music style. Faculty participation

her new culture. “This will give me more practice, more experience and practice writing myself,” Kaufman said. “I think it’s really important for teachers to be doing what they are asking their student to do.” The Graves award is administered under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies by Pomona College on behalf of benefactors Arnold L. and Lois S. Graves. Read Previous Wang Center honors China Partners Network Read Next Senior attends national seminar, gains insight COMMENTS

. Brock, who joined the School of Business last month, said that he will draw heavily on ideas expressed in Fareed Zakaria’s new book The Post-American World. “I agree with his ideas, mainly that the U.S. is not lagging behind the rest of the world, but that the rest of the world is catching up rapidly,” he said. In his travels, Brock added that he has also seen the same attitude that Zakaria comments on in the book. “It’s not so much that many folks across the globe are angry at the U.S., but that

attended Union Theological Seminary in New York for his masters. He received his bachelors of arts degree from Earlham Collage in Indiana. He will publish the article “Thinking Globally and Thinking Locally: Ecology, Subsidiary and Multiscalar Environmentalism” in the Journal for the Study of Religion in 2008. He has spoken extensively on environmentalism and spirituality, including a lecture in May titled “Can Sacramentalism Save Biodiversity?” that was presented at the American Academy of Religion

. “It reflects the caliber of American that serves this nation,” Leith said. Read Previous Speed Friendship gets into gear Read Next Organ enthusiasts celebrate a decade at PLU COMMENTS*Note: All comments are moderated If the comments don't appear for you, you might have ad blocker enabled or are currently browsing in a "private" window. LATEST POSTS Caitlyn Babcock ’25 wins first place in 2024 Angela Meade Vocal Competition November 7, 2024 PLU professors Ann Auman and Bridget Haden share teaching

, who gave the large initial gift. The fundraising quickly topped the $600,000 mark. Mary Baker Russell gave a substantial gift and the final $300,000 was given by the Gottfried & Mary Fuchs Foundation of Tacoma. The Fuchs organ, as well as Dahl and PLU organist Paul Tegels were recently mentioned in the current edition of “The American Organist.” The organ – completed in 1998 – is what drew Tegels to campus. He was awed by the size and power of the instrument, which includes playing not one, but

more progressive form of Confucianism that offers a compelling alternative to Western-style liberal democracy. In American media, the story of today’s China is only half told, Youtz said. There are rightful criticisms, but there are also untold successes, such as economic expansion and even environmental advances that think of the world in the long term, rather than in the immediate. There are even examinations of what a Chinese free press should look like. It may stem from the Confucian traditions

intentional about it,” he said. He wanted the logo to incorporate a few PLU specific elements. First, rather than the American Idol-esque purple they went with gold, and then green to highlight the Green Dot campaign that PLU is participating in and finally the Rose Window, which was recently refurbished and installed. Hebrew Idol is a video project for Religion 211 – Religion and Literature in the Hebrew Bible. Students produce their own interpretations of biblical stories, putting anything from a

. Urrea visited Professor Jason Skipper’s class in the afternoon before taking the stage at a presidential inauguration event in Lagerquist Concert Hall to talk about his unusual upbringing which helped inspire his novel. “I think I became a writer partially because it was safer to stay inside to read,” Urrea joked. Urrea was born to an American mother and Mexican father in Tijuana, but moved to the U.S. after contracting tuberculosis, which ended up destroying his hometown neighborhood. It wasn’t